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19 March 2013

International and local speakers will be sharing their insights into the growing educational technology marketplace at a conference in Wellington April 12.

Posted in: General news

7 December 2012

Learning Media has created two white papers discussing current issues around e-learning and how we can help you shape an e-learning strategy...

Posted in: Company, Digital, General news

28 November 2012

Learning Media has won three out of six awards at the recent CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards.

Posted in: Awards, Company, Digital, General news, Literacy, Māori

31 October 2012

Continuous change and uncertainty have been the economic and social themes of 2011–12 for New Zealand and internationally, and look set to remain through 2012–13...

Posted in: Company

31 October 2012

Congratulations to Charlotte Williams, whose story 'Past, Present & Future' won this year's winner of the Elsie Locke Writing Prize...

Posted in: Awards, Company, Literacy

25 October 2012

Thai Minister of Education for Thailand his Excellency Prof. Dr. Suchart Thadathamrongvech is leading a party of senior Thai education officials visiting schools and institutions to better understand New Zealand’s self–managing school system.

Posted in: Company, General news, Literacy

3 October 2012

Professional Learning Development workshops for Term 1-2, 2013.

Posted in: General news

2 October 2012

New Zealand’s education publishers and Education New Zealand have joined forces to produce a web-book that will be launched at next month’s Frankfurt Book Fair. New Zealand’s Learning Landscape introduces the world to New Zealand’s educational publishing industry and 14 of its world-class educational publishers.

Posted in: General news

24 July 2012

Margaret Mahy was a Kiwi treasure who touched the hearts of every New Zealander, and children around the world...

Posted in: General news, Literacy

18 June 2012

Learning Media is releasing findings of a research project on the use of the 2010–11 School Journals and their Teacher Support Materials. The research reflects our interest in how curriculum materials can be designed to impact on learners in ways that can be described and measured.

Posted in: Literacy

11 June 2012

The $10,000 scholarship will support Aaron to complete his Master thesis entitled Mā tōku reo e kīa ai he Māori ahau? Creating an identity through the acquisition of te reo Māori.

Posted in: Awards, General news, Māori

10 May 2012

A B2B sales and marketing app for the iPad has won Learning Media a prestigious finalist’s place in the American Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Beacon Educational Marketing Awards.

Posted in: Awards, Company, Digital

19 March 2012

Book now for workshops on Using the revised e-asTTle Writing Tool on July 4 and 6

Posted in: Company, General news, Literacy

2 March 2012

NCEA student users rate the Studyit website up there with Google, while research proves its worth.

Posted in: Company, Digital

1 February 2012

Learning Media and CWA are developing a new online resource for the New Zealand Walking Access Commission. Sign-up now for updates...

Posted in: Digital, General news

19 December 2011

Read David Glover's blog on new digital products and services for the US education system

Posted in: General news

18 November 2011

Learning Media wins the CLL Best Book or Series in Primary Education Award for the second year in a row for two issues of the School Journal.

Posted in: Awards

1 November 2011

Collaborative social media sites like Facebook are the inspiration behind Be Healthy, Be Active – Kia Ora, Kia Korikori ‘, an interactive teaching programme.

Posted in: Health

28 October 2011

Darren Gammie blogs about why feedback is important to any individual or group who seeks to improve or change.

Posted in: Digital, General news

13 October 2011

Board Chair Sandy Maier said the year had been one of change and challenge for Learning Media,as the company released its 2010/11 financial results.

Posted in: Company, General news

29 August 2011

A School Journal on the Moriori has won the Pearson Award for Best Educational Book Design at the Publishers Association of New Zealand’s (PANZ) 2011 Book Design Awards.

Posted in: Awards, Literacy

26 August 2011

Votes from thousands of grateful students last night won CWA's  StudyIt  website a record fourth victory in a row in the Net Guide’s People Choice Awards as Best Student Site. 

Posted in: Awards, Digital

9 August 2011

Cate Hensen, a student from Cardinal McKeefry School in Wellington is the winner of this year's Elsie Locke Writing Prize.

Posted in: Literacy

3 August 2011

Find out more about the levelling of The School Journal and What's New

Posted in: Literacy

6 July 2011

A Citizenship and Tax Education tool developed by CWA New Media for Inland Revenue was launched on 4 July. CWA is a business unit of Learning Media.

Posted in: Digital

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